Provision of cleaning services

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of cleaning services throughout the Houses of the Oireachtas complex.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=285312.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-09-08. The procurement was published on 2011-08-09.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-08-09 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-08-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: cleaning cloths
Quantity or scope: 1 300 0001 700 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Cleaning cloths 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Other
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
E-mail: michael.obrien@oir.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16184814 📞
Fax: +353 16184580 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-09-08 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 153-254786
OJ-S issue: 153
Additional information
(ET Ref:285312).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of cleaning services throughout the Houses of the Oireachtas complex.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=285312.
Variants will be accepted
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 300 000 💰
1 700 000 💰
Description of options:
The initial contract will cover cleaning services throughout the Houses of the Oireachtas complex for a period of 1 (one) year with the possibility of an extension in favour of the Contracting Authority by up to a further 3 (three) years.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Number of possible renewals: 3
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Duration: 12 months
Reference number: 2011/1012
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
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(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
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(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(6) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established
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(7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
Economic and financial standing:
(1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
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(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
For all Economic & Financial Capacity details, please see appended PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Applicants must demonstrate a turnover of at least 600 000 Euros during one of the last 3 years of operation and provide details as per Section 2.1(G) of the appended PQQ.
Applicants must provide evidence of public liability insurance cover of 6 500 000 EUR and employers liability insurance cover of 13 000 000 EUR as per Section 3 of the appended PQQ.
Technical and professional ability: For all Technical Capacity details, please see appended PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Applicants must demonstrate that in principle they have at their disposal the resources and qualifications necessary for a contract of this nature.
Candidates must provide evidence of certificate courses obtained by and offered to staff. All supervisors and cleaning staff must complete COPC certificate or equivalent certificate course.
Applicants must demonstrate successful delivery of at least 3 similar contracts in the past 3 years.
Applicants must have a & provide a copy of their
environmental policy.
health & safety policy.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if successful may be required to contract as a single legal entity having joint and several liability before entering into the contract.

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Maximum number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for selection: See PQQ appended to this notice.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-09-21 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
Other type of contracting authority: Other
Contact
Contact point: Facilities Management Unit
Michael O'Brien
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01858 🌏
Name: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
URL for further information: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 16183000 📞
Fax: +353 16184305 📠
URL for documents: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2011/1012

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Your legal Adviser
Recurrent procurement
In 1 year, unless the option to extend the contract by further years (max 4 years) is implemented.
Source: OJS 2011/S 153-254786 (2011-08-09)